Shanghai women worried about work

Shanghai females are fretting over the financial crisis, according to China Daily. Over 1000 women responded to a survey conducted jointly by the Shanghai Labor Union and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, the majority of which (over 90%!) said they had been worried in the past three months because of the crisis. 53% felt insecure about their job and 27.9% believed it’d be hard to find another job if they were laid off. Women workers in the electronics (80.3%), garment (71.9%) and food (52.3%) industries worried the most. To cope with tighter wallets, most were putting off plans to have children and many were spending less on shopping and taking public transit rather than taxis.